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Shkreli’s defense lawyer held aloft a copy of Tuesday’s Post, reading aloud the intro quoting jurors calling his client a “snake,” “evil” and a “d–k,” before asking for all remaining jurors be tossed and for the process to start again in a couple weeks.

“I think it is impossible for jurors not to see this,” Brafman bellowed, brandishing the paper as he stalked around the well. “The public, in this instance, needs to take a back seat to Mr. Shkreli’s right to a fair trial … This whole panel has been irreparably tainted.”

Still, all remaining jurors Tuesday will be asked whether they’ve read Tuesday’s newspapers, a media lawyer said — and one who walked in carrying a copy had it confiscated by marshals. He was later dropped due to vacation hardship.

Matsumoto also ​denied Brafman’s request that reporter​s​ not be allowed to listen in on sidebar interviews with prospective jurors, and the prospective peers continued to offer their scathing assessments of his character.

One self-described “health care professional” said she had a very “negative” opinion of the defendant.

“I’m afraid, if he used illegal means, I’d be unable to overcome it,” said the lady, who is in her 40s.

Another health care professional said she personally knows someone who is on the medication whose price Shkreli inflated, and told the judge she didn’t think she could be fair.

“I’ve cried with them,” the woman said. “I don’t think I’d be the right person to sit.”